Work Plan for School Committee Oversight of Programs

Workplan for Goal:
Oversight of District Programs

Prepared by: Julie Dobrow
Date: 9/21/05
Results to be achieved
  • Ensure that District is “managed by a goals-plans-status review” process
  • Timely review of key aspects of District academic programs, learning, curriculum development and teacher evaluation/professional development programs
Relationship to other School Committee or District goals
  • School Committee oversight of District operations, work on mission/vision goal
Milestone events and dates
  • Curriculum development and review:
    Report on summer work 9/15/05
    Science and math update 12/15/05
    Foreign language update 3/2/06
    Writing instruction and assessment 4/13/06
    Art curriculum, TBD
    “Big Picture” curriculum overview, TBD
    Summer curriculum development plans 6/ 1/06
    Other reports TBD
  • Teacher evaluation program:
    Initial discussion 9/15/05
    Updates 11/17/05, 6/22/06
  • Teacher mentoring program
    Update 9/29/05
  • Professional development activities
    Summer update 9/15/05
    Other updates TBD
  • Middle School improvement plans:
    Hanscom 10/6/05, 1/26/06, 5/18/06
    Lincoln 10/20/05, 11/17/05, 3/30/06, 5/4/06
  • Metco Program
    Updates 10/20/05, other TBD
People and resources involved
  • School Committee members
  • Central office and school administrative teams
  • No subcommittees directly involved in this workplan
Assessment criteria
  • Ensure that District is “managed by a goals-plans-status review” process
    -Were the workplans for district programs reviewed as scheduled?
    -Were the mid-year and end-year status review of goals conducted as planned?
    -Were the goals for FY07 discussed and adopted as planned?
  • Timely review of key aspects of District programs
    -Did the various milestone reviews described in this plan occur as scheduled and with appropriate content?